Start Jordan Love or Jalen Hurts? Week 6

Updated Oct 19, 2:21 PM ET. Locked at kickoff. Graded after. Week 7 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Jordan Love over Jalen Hurts

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Jordan Love

QB · GB · vs DAL · final

Market projected: 17.8; pre-game
DAL D vs QB: 21.5; 6th most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 74 of 100 at QB
Scored: 21.2; PPR pts

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Jalen Hurts

QB · PHI · vs CAR · final

Market projected: 16.1; pre-game
CAR D vs QB: 20.1; 8th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 99%; Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Jordan Love over Jalen Hurts in Week 6.

Jalen Hurts is on injured reserve, so this is not a close call: start Jordan Love. Drafters take Jordan Love at ADP 152 and Jalen Hurts at 80.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jalen Hurts yet. His market-based projections were 19.4, 14.1 and 14.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 16.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

Player markets imply 17.8 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Love is 275 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 7 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jordan Love 1.7 points ahead of Jalen Hurts on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jalen Hurts and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 8th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 243 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.8 interceptions.

Jordan Love and GB host DAL on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

DAL allowed 21.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 232 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against DAL, with no interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Love has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Hurts is listed as ir.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jalen Hurts played 99 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 179 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Jalen Hurts, Week 2 against TEN: 76 of 76 snaps, 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 5 carries for 16 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 3 against CHI: 46 of 50 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 4 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 18 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 5 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Through Week 5, Jordan Love played 99 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 196 times and threw an average of 8.7 air yards per attempt.

Jordan Love, Week 2 against NYJ: 59 of 59 snaps, 16 of 29 passes for 145 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Jordan Love, Week 3 against ATL: 66 of 66 snaps, 28 of 53 passes for 312 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 4 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 197 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 5 against CHI: 59 of 61 snaps, 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Hurts played 16 games for PHI and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He completed 294 of 454 passes for 3224 yards, 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 105 times for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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